Image by Flickr user Gage Skidmore Gingrich is now polling at number one in S.C.

Ahead of the ever-import "first in the South", the race is tightening for South Carolina's January 21 GOP primary.

Most notably, between Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann﻿ — both of whom have campaigned heavily in the Palmetto State and the latter of which is trailing Gingrich (38% to 3%) and being more combative.

The Charleston City Paper﻿ has a nice profile on what the two have been up to locally; take a read here.